Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed Thursday to face "head on" the jihadists who he said have declared war on everyone who doesn't see the world their way.

He also pledged to bring in new national security-related legislation, but didn't tip his hand what that might entail.

"The reality of the world, and I don't say this with any particular pleasure or excitement, is that the international jihadist movement has declared war," he said in Delta, B.C., in his first public response to the deadly attack on French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. "They have declared war on anybody who does not think and act exactly in the way they wish them to think and act."

Last year, the government introduced Bill C-44, that would boost CSIS's powers, including greater information sharing and operations internationally. Bill C-13, that would give police more powers for surveillance and tracking, is also awaiting a vote.

The bills were partly inspired by the rise of international terror threats within our own borders.

While the Paris attack reminds Canadians terror can strike anywhere at any time, Harper said threat levels have not been raised in the wake of the shootings.

"The level of security threat is decided by the director of (Canadian spy agency) CSIS with the integrated national security team, not by politicians," he said.

Terror levels have been closely watched since Canada joined U.S.-led coalition forces in October to conduct airstrikes in Iraq against the Islamic State.

Harper called the terror group a "movement of hatred and intolerance" and urged Canadians not to let the threat disrupt their daily lives.

"I encourage people to go about their lives, exercise our freedoms," he said.

"This is going to be, unfortunately, the reality of the world that I think we're living in for some time to come and we're going to just have to face that head on and deal with it."